Joel at the height of his songwriting powers. All the songs are gems and a few are absolute belters! First class.
Always liked T-Rex, I remember watching his TV show Marc as a kid. He had some fab guests, Bowie springs to mind. He always looked totally wasted!
Very enjoyable listen, has aged well
Can’t believe I’ve never heard of this guy! What a soulful voice, very enjoyable indeed.
Love the Black side written by Freddie, not so keen on the White side written by May
Me and my mates played this to absolute death when it came out! Listening to it now there are some excellent tracks on there but as a whole the album is rather depressing really!
Pleasant enough but a little insipid, no of the tracks were good enough to make me want to come back. If I’m having trouble sleeping I might play it again!
Great album, short but sweet mistakes and all!
Very soulful and some excellent songs
The Metal Gods were with them on this one! Saw them live at Manchester Apollo possibly on the tour for this album. Fab concert, every rock cliche to the MAX!!
Can’t believe I have never listened to this album! Very intense, very clever and very funny in places, I enjoyed it a lot.
Musical maverick, very original, some great songs, but this offering didn’t really do it for me to be honest.
Superb live album, one of the best, that catches Lizzy in their natural habitat, on stage! Probably their best line up and music from their best era of albums, say no more.
Not really my bag Latin music but you can tell this album was made with a lot of joy.
Joel at the height of his songwriting powers. All the songs are gems and a few are absolute belters! First class.
Not bad, 2 singles stand out.
Enjoyed this one a lot. Proper old skool style hip hop. Will listen to this again.
Not for me, apart from Fairytale of New York, all sounded the same!
Very pleasant if a bit samey. Good background music I would say.
I first started listening to Jeff Beck late 70s early 80s when he was doing his jazz fusion stuff, Blow by Blow etc. Only just recently have I listened to his earlier stuff and it’s absolutely fab! Great use of Rod Stewart’s vocals too.
An eclectic mix of slightly weird vocal songs and excellent musicianship. Had to listen to it at least 3 times to get a handle on it but I liked it.
I enjoyed listening to this album but I think I enjoyed reading about his life more! 27 wives? Wow. I shall certainly check so if his other stuff.
Wow an album from 66 years ago, this list isn't very current is it? Interesting to listen to but not really adding a lot to my musical experience to be frank. You can here a slight hint of the blues in there with the hokey cowboy sound though.
2 hours plus of hard rock by a band who you’re not familiar with seemed a pretty daunting task. However the lyrics and quality musicianship made it an interesting experience.
A few years back I had a drunken and slightly heated debate with a mate who said a lot of Bowie songs are shit! My position being that a shit Bowie song is far better than most artists great songs! However on revisiting all Bowie early albums, including this one, I can’t help thinking my mate might of been in to something. There is what can only described as an awful lot of “filler” in between the undoubted classics that we all remember and love so much, food for thought?
Do you know I’d forgotten all about this album! I used to listen to this all the time way back when. Very clever, very musical and very enjoyable, thanks for the reminder!
Pretty good though the bass solos seem to go on forever. There are much better Bill Evan’s albums than this one in my opion.
Much more fun than I thought it would be. Though I can’t understand what they are singing about the rhythms make you feet tap and the singing is infectious.
Enjoyed it if a bit hokey in places, good ol’ boys!
Not really for me this, just a load of mysoginists bitching about each other and talking about their dicks!
Really enjoyed this one, great musicians, great tunes and great vocals!
Really enjoyed this one, but like Rage Against the Machine but with butter melodies, nice
A reasonable album containing an absolute belter, Papa is a rolling stone stands out like a mountain in a field here. What a song, one of the best ever possibly and for that alone this album gets 3 stars.
Excellent, some great tracks on here alright. Not so fond of the super quick fade outs though I guess Bob had said all he needed to say!
Interesting…better than most thrash I’ve heard but prefer my rock of the Deep Purple AC/DC variety!
This is the 3rd Afrobeat album on the list so far and I’m really enjoying them though next time I listen to this I will give th 11 minute drum solo at the end a miss!
Great riffs and solos and some good tunes but the vocals at times are ridiculous !
I’ve only, last 10 years, started listening to The Who and appreciating their music. However good as it is I find this one a bit of a task to be honest. Apart from Pinball Wizard there are not really any songs that stand up on their own without the context of the story of the album. I will stick to Who’s Next I think!
The music is very good but I get what some people say about the singing but that’s just Sioxsie! An excellent debut album to be fair.
A very pleasant and enjoyable listen especially considering the source material. Polly Jean is such a varied artist and I have liked pretty much everything she’s done, some of it is very challenging but that is a good thing, mostly.
Why do we have to hear this before we die? Some of the riffs were pretty awesome but the overall album was tres mal!
Kind of missed these at the time, I remember the hype but never got round to listening for myself. Glad I have now, excellent debut album with some proper earworm tracks! Just downloaded their follow up album so I’ll give that a spin later.
Scar Tissue is a decent enough track but the rest is a load of old cobblers! I like a lot of their stuff but Anthony and Flea have let us and them selves down with this piss poor effort!
A very interesting listen indeed. Some very lovely tunes and singing. Not understanding the language should not be a barrier to enjoying good music and that is certainly the case here. This album is exactly why I signed up for this as I would never have come across it otherwise.
An interesting listen, not convinced by the fake crowd noises, but pretty good overall.
I remember me and mates, we were long haired rockers at the time, taking the piss out of Andy McClusky in a club in Liverpool as we thought Maid of Orleans was “a bit girlie” Oh well sorry Andy it’s actual a pretty good listen.
First Van Morrison album I ever heard and probably still my favourite although the more I listen to Astral Weeks I think it may take over the number one spot! Not a bad track on here and the great ones are truly great. He may be a miserable old duffer who hates the world and everyone in it but boy can he write (and sing) a tune.
Wow never heard of these! I do love a bit of prog rock so I’ll be giving listen another listen or two when I have a bit more time to appreciate it.
Listenable album but Chemical Brothers do it better. A lot of the beats etc sound very similar. It’s ok but not near his best.
A very intriguing album and another I can’t believe is not more widely known and appreciated! I had certainly never heard it before. Ray Davis is a song writin colossos.
A great voice and a few decent tunes but this is not an album that deserves any more attention.
A difficult listen even for a massive Miles fan like myself but well worth it. There is just something so other worldly about the sound that just captivates me.
Excellent jazz, well written and played. A great album for someone whose not familiar with the genre to start with.
Bonham was still alive when I first heard Zeppelin and 45 years later they still leave me wondering what all the fuss is about. I will hear a song of theirs on the radio and think mmm that sounds alright I’ll give the album a spin but always come away feeling unsatisfied!
Is this the same song being played for an hour and a bit? Never did really “get” The Stones to be honest. OK they did some great tunes but not on this album!
Weirdly I have this album on vinyl but I have no recollection of buying it! What I can’t believe is it’s nearly 30 years old! It’s aged pretty well and is as enjoyable bit of Britpop as you’ll get.
“Kick out the style bring back the jam” as Tears for Fears once sang! 3 maybe 4 top tunes on here, some pointless musical noodling and a God awful rap about sums this up. Not Wellers finest but a brave change in direction from a great British musician/songwriter.
I was 16 when this came out and me and most of my mates looked like these boys. Music from the 80s is much maligned but I can tell you coming of age, listening to and going out dancing to this sort of music was ace! It was all quite joyful and a bit frivolous but great fun too. If you wanted to be a bit more serious you had The Bunnymen and New Order to keep you in line. I’m not sure if this would be an album I would necessarily say you HAD to listen to but one you SHOULD listen to as it’s good fun and will make you smile and it might just make you dance around your living room as it did with me! Enjoy!
My father in law used to see these when he was young and said they were a decent pub covers band. My mum said pretty much the same about The Beatles when she saw them at The Cavern. The big difference being The Beatles went on to be one of the best and most influential recording artists of all time and The Stones pretty much carried on doing this same old shit for the next 50 years!
Short and sweet but very enjoyable, that’s the way to do covers!
A bit like aural wallpaper this one! I had it on my headphones while I read the BBC news and apart from Invincible, which I recognised, I was not distracted by it at all.
Very enjoyable, but then I’ve always had a soft spot for Bollywood movies as there was always one on late Sunday night when I got home from a 4 hour train ride back from seeing my girlfriend! Again I would question whether this was an “essential” album or if it were even the best of this genre but it made a pleasant change.
Me and my mates used to listen to Zappa a lot as teenagers thinking he was just like us. Imagine our disappointment when we discovered he was an anti-drug teatotaller! Oh well his music is pretty amazing as is its scope. Great guitarist too.
I have only recently began, last 2 years, to listen to Cohen and I think he is brilliant. This album however is not my favourite although still enjoyable.
Not bad, she knows what she’s doing and pretty impressive guest list too
A very intriguing listen with some great tunes and some challenging lyrics. Not what I expected from Randy Newman, excellent.
Amazing how short albums were back in the 60s and 70s but at least you don’t get a load of dross. This has my favourite S&G song, America on it so big plus for that alone. Bit disjointed but excellent in parts. A good listen.
This was the first REM Album I ever bought/listened to and I’d forgotten just how bloody good it is! Wow, superb and brings back a lot of memories. I like Stripes “whiney” voice and the “pretentious” mandolins so there!!
Always liked Solar even though I only understand every other fourth word! Not heard this one before though tres bon.
I listened to this album a few times over 25 years ago then never thought about it again to be honest. Listening again now it’s not at all what I remember, it’s actually a lot better than I originally thought and maybe I should of listened to it more often. You can certainly hear who they were influenced by (Beatles?) and who was influenced by them (Pretty much every guitar based band since). I shall investigate the other albums I think.
Heard it many times before, not his best but still pretty good.